Recording

1. a. The secretary of state, each county auditor, district court clerk, and each auditor or clerk of a city shall keep a book, to be known as the “Record of Official Bonds”, and all official bonds shall be recorded therein in full as follows: 1. In the record kept by the secretary of state, the official bonds of all state officers, elective or appointive, except the bonds of notaries public. 2. In the record kept by the county auditor, the official bonds of all county officers, elective or appointive, and township clerks. 3. In the record kept by the city auditor or clerk, the official bonds of all city officers, elective or appointive. 4. In the record kept by the district court clerk, the official bonds of judicial magistrates. b. The records shall have an index which, under the title of each office, shall show the name of each principal and the date of the filing of the bond. 2. A bond when recorded shall be returned to the officer charged with the custody thereof.